Buck Institute for Education www.bie.org*
Buck Institute offers training and a handbook to guide middle school and high school teachers in incorporating project-based learning into the curriculum. The Web site also includes resources and research on PBL effectiveness.
George Lucas Educational Foundation www.edutopia.org*
Edutopia provides a magazine, stories of innovative teaching and learning, summary of project-based learning research, along with a gallery of project examples (in print and video versions).
Intel® Education: Designing Effective Projects www.intel.com/education/designprojects
This resource includes a large collection of Unit Plans that integrate technology, models of classroom projects that integrate instruction in thinking skills, and tools and strategies for developing your own exemplary technology-supported learning.
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education www.nfie.org/publications/ctb5.pdf*
Connecting the Bits (2000) includes a chapter on "Project-Based Learning and Information Technologies."
The Project Approach www.projectapproach.org*
Maintained by Sylvia Chard, professor at University of Alberta and co-author of Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach (2000). [Note: Web site also available in a Chinese version.]
Understanding Rubrics www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html*
Heidi Goodrich Andrade is an assistant professor at the College of Education, Ohio University. Her work on rubrics was published in Educational Leadership, 54(4).
Resources
The following resources will be used during the Intel Teach Thinking with Technology Course.Please make sure you rename this document with your name in the title and save it to your file on BMW or on a jump drive.
Unit plan evaluation guide.doc
Project-Based Learning Resources on the Web
Buck Institute for Educationwww.bie.org*
Buck Institute offers training and a handbook to guide middle school and high school teachers in incorporating project-based learning into the curriculum. The Web site also includes resources and research on PBL effectiveness.
George Lucas Educational Foundation
www.edutopia.org*
Edutopia provides a magazine, stories of innovative teaching and learning, summary of project-based learning research, along with a gallery of project examples (in print and video versions).
Intel® Education: Designing Effective Projects
www.intel.com/education/designprojects
This resource includes a large collection of Unit Plans that integrate technology, models of classroom projects that integrate instruction in thinking skills, and tools and strategies for developing your own exemplary technology-supported learning.
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
www.nfie.org/publications/ctb5.pdf*
Connecting the Bits (2000) includes a chapter on "Project-Based Learning and Information Technologies."
The Project Approach
www.projectapproach.org*
Maintained by Sylvia Chard, professor at University of Alberta and co-author of Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach (2000). [Note: Web site also available in a Chinese version.]
Understanding Rubrics
www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html*
Heidi Goodrich Andrade is an assistant professor at the College of Education, Ohio University. Her work on rubrics was published in Educational Leadership, 54(4).